About this episode

The episode discusses the 1974 film 'Deranged', exploring its themes and connections to true crime.

Not Psycho or The Texas Chain Saw Massacre but a secret third thing. From wiki: "Deranged (also known as Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile)[2] is a 1974 Canadian psychological horror film directed by Alan Ormsby and Jeff Gillen, and starring Roberts Blossom. Its plot, loosely based on the crimes of Ed Gein,[3] follows Ezra Cobb, a middle-aged man in a rural Midwestern community who begins a string of serial murders and grave robberies after the death of his mother Amanda, a religious fana...

People in this episode

Hosts: Joshua Conkel, Drusilla Adeline

Topics covered

• psychological horror
• film analysis
• true crime
• serial murders
• grave robbing

Keywords

• Deranged
• psychological horror
• Ed Gein
• Ezra Cobb
• 1974 film
• grave robbing
• serial murders

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Alan Ormsby, Jeff Gillen

Books & works: Deranged

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